Acta Mechanica Sinica, Vol.30, Issue 2, 2014

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Acta Mechanica Sinica--2014, 30 (2) Published: 20 March 2014

1: Dynamic tensile characterization of pig skinHot!

H. Khatam, Q. Liu, K. Ravi-Chandar

2: On the validity of the Boltzmann-BGK model through relaxation evaluation

Quan-Hua Sun, Chun-Pei Cai, Wei Gao

3: Three dimensional simulations of penetrative convection in a porous medium with internal heat sources

A.J. Harfash

4: Effect of electric boundary conditions on crack propagation in ferroelectric ceramics

F.-X. Li, Y. Sun, R.K.N.D. Rajapakse

5: Interval finite difference method for steady-state temperature field prediction with interval parameters

Chong Wang, Zhi-Ping Qiu

6: Quantitative assessment of the surface crack density in thermal barrier coatings

Li Yang, Zhi-Chun Zhong, Yi-Chun Zhou, Chun-Sheng Lu

7: On the homogenization of metal matrix composites using strain gradient plasticity

Reza Azizi, Christian F. Niordson, Brian Nyvang Legarth

8: Size effect of lattice material and minimum weight design

Jun Yan, Wen-Bo Hu, Zhen-Hua Wang, Zun-Yi Duan

9: Exact mesh shape design of large cable-network antenna reflectors with flexible ring truss supports

Wang Liu, Dong-Xu Li, Xin-Zhan Yu, Jian-Ping Jiang

10: Frequency domain fundamental solutions for a poroelastic half-space

Pei Zheng, Bo-Yang Ding, She-Xu Zhao

11: Stability analysis of a thin-walled cylinder in turning operation using the semi-discretization method

Arnab Chanda, Achim Fischer, Peter Eberhard, Santosha Kumar Dwivedy

12: Shear deformable finite beam elements for composite box beams

Nam-Il Kim, Dong-Ho Choi

13: Influence of screw length and diameter on tibial strain energy density distribution after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

Jie Yao, Guan-Ming Kuang, Duo Wai-Chi Wong, Wen-Xin Niu, Ming Zhang, Yu-Bo Fan

14: Numerical analysis for the efficacy of nasal surgery in obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome

Shen Yu, Ying-Xi Liu, Xiu-Zhen Sun, Ying-Feng Su, Ying Wang, Yin-Zhe Gai

15: Multidimensional modeling of the stenosed carotid artery��A novel CAD approach accompanied by an extensive lumped model

A. Kashefi, M. Mahdinia, B. Firoozabadi, M. Amirkhosravi, G. Ahmadi, M. S. Saidi

16: A cellular scale numerical study of the effect of mechanical properties of erythrocytes on the near-wall motion of platelets

Jing Xu, Xiao-Long Wang, Yun-Qiao Liu, Xiao-Bo Gong